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ISBN: 9780520267169 - Everyone's a Winner Everyone's a Winner
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520267168  ISBN13: 9780520267169
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Mar 2011
Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians - of the same class. This title shines a light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it means. More

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ISBN: 9780520219786 - Damned Lies and Statistics Damned Lies and Statistics
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520219783  ISBN13: 9780520219786
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 May 2001
While startling statistics shape the thinking about social issues, the author attests that these numbers can be wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. Tables. More

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ISBN: 9780520238305 - More Damned Lies and Statistics More Damned Lies and Statistics
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520238303  ISBN13: 9780520238305
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2004
In this sequel to "Damned Lies and Statistics," Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how people think about public issues, including missing numbers, scary numbers, confusing numbers, authoritative numbers, and magical numbers. More

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ISBN: 9780202305394 - Images of Issues Images of Issues
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0202305392  ISBN13: 9780202305394
Publisher: Transaction Publishers AldineTransaction
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Dec 1995
Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. By typifying a problem and characterizing it as a particular sort, claimsmakers can shape... More

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ISBN: 9780520246263 - Flavor of the Month Flavor of the Month
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520246268  ISBN13: 9780520246263
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 Apr 2006
In this pithy, intriguing, and often humorous book, Joel Best - author of the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics - explores the range of institutional fads, analyzes the features of our culture that foster them, and identifies the major stages... More

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ISBN: 9780415892094 - The Stupidity Epidemic The Stupidity Epidemic
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0415892090  ISBN13: 9780415892094
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Dec 2010
Critics often warn that American schools are failing, and that our students are ill-prepared for the challenges the future holds, and may even be "the dumbest generation." We can think of these claims as warning about a Stupidity Epidemic. More

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ISBN: 9780520257467 - Stat-Spotting Stat-Spotting
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520257464  ISBN13: 9780520257467
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2008
Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. More

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ISBN: 9780226044262 - Threatened Children Threatened Children
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0226044262  ISBN13: 9780226044262
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1993
Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. "Threatened Children "asks why. Joel Best analyzes the rhetorical tools used by... More

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ISBN: 9780226044255 - Threatened Children Threatened Children
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0226044254  ISBN13: 9780226044255
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Oct 1990
Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. "Threatened Children "asks why. Joel Best analyzes the rhetorical tools used by... More

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ISBN: 9780520215726 - Random Violence Random Violence
Joel Best

ISBN10: 0520215729  ISBN13: 9780520215726
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Mar 1999
Random Violence explores how we talk about--and why we worry about--new crimes and new forms of victimization. "Random Violence" is a deft and thought-provoking exploration of the ways we talk about - and why we worry about - new crimes and new... More